A bold new beginning for midwifery in Afghanistan

Midwifery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-234

  Currie, Sheena ^a   Azfar, Pashtoon ^b   Fowler, Rebecca C ^a  

^a JHPIEGO   (United States)

^b Afghan Midwives Association   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Midwifery; Midwifery education; Professional association

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AFGHANISTAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 34547845297     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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